AI-Washing: When Companies Blame the Machine

Reflect w/ Ed Fassio — where AI tells the stories that matter.

87,714 AI-linked job cuts in the first five months of 2026 — more than all of 2025 combined. But even Sam Altman admits some companies are 'AI-washing' their layoffs, using AI as a convenient cover for cost-cutting. A Yale-Brookings study found AI hasn't actually reshaped most jobs yet. We unpack the gap between the layoff narrative and the data, what BCG's 50-55% job 'reshaping' forecast really means, and why the skills divide i...